Lemon Squeezings

[booboobob]

Work is stressful

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"Call it therapy."

[caestus]

I understand where you're coming from. I have a specific use hand grinders for some of my more favourite spices; two different peppers grinders; Sichuan peppercorns in grinders; and special rock salt in a grinder.

I have back problems so I have been avoiding the 8 hours of prep for some of my more elaborate dinners... but I do love just shutting out the rage and making something.

I am more of a chef than a baker, but the principle is the same.

When I worked as a chef professionally, I used to tell all the servers that everything I made, I made special for them. With Love. It was a joke, especially with the servers who loathed me.

I'd love to have some of your tasty baked hatred.

Re: "Call it therapy."

[booboobob]

I can do both. Not great, but good enough for jazz. I just learned that I'm pretty darn good at cupcakes. Eventually, I'll learn to do the decoration part.

And there will be sugary skulls and Karo syrup blood EVERYWHERE! ;)

What I lack in presentation

[caestus]

I more than make up for in taste and flavour.

I really suck at the decorating parts. I made skull sugar cookies with sickly grey-green icing. They looked like ass, but tasted good. They were so ugly, but not in the creepy awesome way you want Day of the Dead/Hallowe'en cookies to be, just in the you-suck-at-icing/cakewrecks-way.

Re: What I lack in presentation

[booboobob]

I get that. So far, I can do your standard bakery piping (not perfectly) and apply sprinkles. I haven't attempted anything with fondant or sculpture or anything that involves drawing, yet. I consider myself lucky that I found edible glitter.

BTW, using a plumber's torch on marshmallow icing is FUN.

[joeydiablo]

Apparently hate is also loaded with carbs.

[booboobob]

Tasty, tasty carbs... and fear.

[guiser1]

This is why I love you. Brilliant.

[booboobob]

HEE!